Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Anglian Carving
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Fire in the Minster
- The Mystery Plays
- Dick Turpin
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Black Death
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York Castle Museum
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Union Gas Works
- The George Fox Incident
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Minster in the 20th Century